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We are biased against truly creative event design

Conferences that Work

A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. Truly creative event design We are biased against truly creative event design.

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2019 40 Under 40: Heather Wakefield, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

Connect Your Meetings

I have since worked for two additional medical specialty associations and have grown in my responsibility and understanding of all aspects of annual conference design and execution. My background in architecture has helped with the event design aspects, project management, and balancing budget, scope and quality.

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How the Future of Storytelling Can Change the Way We Meet

PCMA Convene

To set the stage for collaboration and the exchange of high-level ideas, Melcher found that he had to think about reinventing not just storytelling but conference design. “We We really had to blow up the conference model,” Melcher said in an interview with Convene. This is not your ordinary conference. THE SPEAKERS . ‘A

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Elevate Human Interaction

PCMA Convene

” What examples of conference design have you seen that better tap into a right-brain experience? “I go to a lot of design, tech, and scientific conferences,” Martinez said, “but also fun conferences about things that are going to inspire me that have nothing to do with tech.

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Event Jobs | January 2018

Event Leadership Institute

Special Events Manager | Family Centers | Greenwich, CT. Meeting & Events Planner | Carlson Wagonlit Travel | Hartford, CT. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Event Manager, External Speaker and Production | SpectraForce | Stamford, CT. Washington D.C.

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How Deep Science Ventures’ Inma Martinez Puts a Human Spin on All Things Tech

PCMA Convene

What examples of conference design have you seen that better tap into a right-brain experience? I go to a lot of design, tech, and scientific conferences, but also fun conferences about things that are going to inspire me that have nothing to do with tech. That’s the reaction we have to changes.

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What’s the best learning model for conference sessions?

Conferences that Work

. “In surface learning, the session reflects the knowledge and skills of the speaker. The attendee consumes as much as the speaker says as possible and tries to store it in the mind. The speaker covers as much as they can as fast as they can. But from whom do we discover this learning?